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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL May 28, 2014 Roseville and Xcel Energy, the final amount due to the City of Roseville is $54,106.50. Blesener introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2014-5-92 — AUTHORIZING FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,106.50 TO THE CITY OFROSEVILLE FOR RICE STREET PHASE I POWERLINE UNDERGROUND PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Keis. Ayes (4). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. RAILROAD The City Administrator reported that he has received a proposal from QUIET Dave McKenzie, SEH, in the amount of $16,000 to prepare the ZONE preliminary design work for quiet zones at each of the City's six at -grade PHASE II rail crossings. It is anticipated that this work will take 60 days to STUDY complete. The Administrator pointed out that a penalty provision has PROPOSAL been added to the proposal that imposes a $1,000 penalty for each day that the report is late, provided that the delays are the result of SEH's actions and not someone else. The Administrator noted that this is the only proposal that he obtained, and he tried unsuccessfully to find contact information for another company that had approached the City last fall. He indicated, however, that given SEH did the initial work for Little Canada as well as the City of Shoreview, and is preparing the final design work for Shoreview, it is advantageous to continue with SEH. The Administrator reported that there is a meeting set up with SEH and the two cities to discuss coordination efforts. The Administrator recommended that the Council accept the revised proposal for quiet zone preliminary design work with SEH. Blesener noted that once the preliminary design work is completed it will be submitted to MN DOT and the FRA for their review and comment. The Administrator reported that that was correct. These agencies will have a 60 day comment period, but could comment quicker which would help expedite the process. Keis asked about getting the crossing work programmed into the railroad's construction schedule. The Administrator indicated that the City will have to wait for MN DOT and the FRA to comment first. He was hopeful that the process would move quickly so that the construction work could be programmed for 2015. He noted, however, that there are many communities facing this issue, therefore, the railroads will likely have a tot of construction work to program out. 4